Re: [LI] Sendmail Query ! No Not about relays :-)

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <r.suresh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, thus spake Syed Khader Vali:
> Sonny, Maybe you dunno about Debian. So lemme tell you !! Debian
> Configures a packages as soon as it is installed. And there is no
> stock sendmail.cf availabl

OK fine - though afaict, there's always an example sendmail.cf available
somewhere (at least in the docs)

> > Outgoing mails are delivered through your smarthost (IBM's smtp server) I
> > suppose, or through the sendmail on your box?
> Oh, I was thinking of delivering them thro dumbhost ;-)
> Dude, Since I am within a firewall, I have to use the dumbhost Err...I mean Sma
> rtHost !! ;-)

So, that's obvious - sendmail on your box hands it off to the smarthost.

> Well, that is what i mean when I said avenger@xxxxxxxxxxxx !!
> I mean avenger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Kya Hamesha Khol ke batana Padega ?? ;-)

Haan Bhai ... that's the main problem.

> Bacha Gaya Already, I have switched over to Exim.
> Pretty easy to configure and use !

That, and try exmh to handle your mail ;)  It's lovely.

> But, I have to find out what was the prob, so I will be experimenting on
> postfix and sendmail now on other machines ;-)

Look at /etc/sendmail.cw then, and put all aliases of your box name into
it.  That's when it will relay for local.

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